Monthly Archives: July 2011

More wyrd dreams

Posted on July 30, 2011 by

Every single time I eat cheese of an evening (blue cheese on oatcakes if you’re asking) – I end up having vivid, invariably disturbing, dreams. I dreamt last night that I was at someone’s funeral. I don’t know whose. I … Continue reading →

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Sketch – standing male nude gymnast, 1928

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Original drawing, graphite plus blue and ochre crayon on cream paper (1928), by Thayaht. (via artophile.com)

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Brief Encounter (Part 3 – Arrivals)

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

This post is part three of three. In its entirety it constitutes 2,000 words that I wrote following a fateful flight between Calgary, Canada and London Gatwick last year, but never posted. It’s about a connection I made with a perfect stranger. … Continue reading →

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Les Deux Nigauds

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

This is a hand-coloured pochoir from La Gazette Du Bon Ton, Issue #1, January 1914, Plate VII. Great silvering to highlight the Doeuillet creation in this high drama scene of the agony of choice. (via artophile.com)

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Adieu, Pauvre Amour

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

This is hand-colored plate-signed pochoir print was produced as Plate #50 of issue #7 of the Gazette du Bon Ton – 1921. One of the most dramatic and classic Art Deco images among the many fashion pochoirs devised by Georges … Continue reading →

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Shadow Dance

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

Women stroll down Park Avenue at 34th Street—the evening sun illuminating their sheer dresses—in Martin Lewis’ 1930 drypoint print “Shadow Dance.” (via artnet.com)

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